Ruth 3:1

Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her,—My daughter! shall I not seek for thee a place of rest, in which it may be well with thee?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

In Context

2Now, therefore, is not, Boaz, of our kindred, with whose maidens thou hast been? Lo! he is winnowing the barley threshing-floor, to-night!

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Cross References

Genesis 40:14But if thou remember how I was with thee when it shall go well with thee, then wilt thou I pray thee do me a lovingkindness,—and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me forth out of this house;

Ruth 1:9Yahweh grant you, that ye may find a place of rest, each one in the house of her husband,—And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did he not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him?

1 Timothy 5:8If, however, anyone, for his own, and specially them of his household, taketh not forethought, his faith, hath he denied, and is worse, than one without faith!

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:1

We found it very easy, in the former chapter, to applaud the decency of Ruth's behaviour, and to show what good use we may make of the account given us of it; but in this chapter we shall have much ado to vindicate it from the imputation of indecency, and to save it from having an ill use made of it; but the goodness of those times was such as saved what is recorded here from being ill done, and yet the badness of these times is such as that it will not justify any now in doing the like. Here is, I. The directions… Read the whole commentary →

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